Rose Bush

For other uses, see Bush (disambiguation).
Rose Bush
Rose Bush.png: Infobox image for Rose Bush the block in Minecraft
Invicon Rose Bush.png: Inventory sprite for Rose Bush in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Rose Bush
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Any tool

Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

JE: Yes (60)
BE: Yes (30)

Catches fire
from lava

Yes

A rose bush is a tall flower that can be crafted into red dye.

Obtaining

Breaking

A rose bush can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A rose bush also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Rose bushes generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, and dark forest biomes as part of vegetation features.

Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a rose bush, the flower drops a copy of itself.

Usage

Main article: Flower § Usage

Like other flowers, rose bushes can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Like other tall flowers, rose bushes cannot be placed inside flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Red Dye

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with rose bushes, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Rose bushes can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a rose bush have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a rose bush into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of rose bushes yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grass0.70.8–1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.grass0.80.8–1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grass0.30.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grass0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.grass0.31.0
BlocksJumping from the blockjump.grass0.111.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grass0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite rose-bush.png: Sprite image for rose-bush in Minecraft Rose Bushrose_bushBlock & Itemflowers
tall_flowers
flowers
tall_flowers
block.minecraft.rose_bush

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite rose-bush.png: Sprite image for rose-bush in Minecraft Rose Bushrose_bushdouble_plant / 4-866Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]tile.double_plant.rose.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
halflowerlower
upper
The half of the plant contained in this block.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
upper_block_bitNot Supportedfalsefalse
true
UnsupportedIf it is the upper half of the plant.

History

Java Edition
1.7.213w36a Added rose bushes.
1.814w04aFlowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
14w25a Rose bushes are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
14w26a Rose bushes are no longer subject to shading.
1.1418w43a The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
19w03aPlacing a rose bush into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aRose bushes now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.1519w34aRose bushes can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate rose bushes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added rose bushes.
build 3Added dye recipes for rose bushes.
v0.14.0build 1Using bone meal on a rose bush spawns another of that flower as an item.
v0.15.0build 2 The rose bush texture has been changed to match Legacy Console Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
Rose bushes can now be sold by the wandering trader.
?Wandering traders no longer sell rose bushes.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Rose bushes can be used to fill a composter.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Rose bushes can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate rose bushes.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.24The bottom halves of rose bushes are no longer affected by Fortune.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21Rose bushes no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1 Added rose bushes. They use a unique texture.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 The hitbox of rose bushes is now smaller to match bedrock edition.
1.90 The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
1.91Rose bushes can now be sold by the wandering trader.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added rose bushes.
Minecraft Education
1.0 Added rose bushes.
1.12 The texture of rose bushes has been changed.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8.1pre1Added facing state to double_plant, though without visible effect.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 175.
1.1721w19aminecraft:rose_bush has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.
?minecraft:rose_bush has been removed from the #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag.
1.21.525w10aminecraft:rose_bush has been removed from the block tag #minecraft:sword_efficient.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.22The different double plant type block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Rose Bush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • In real life, a rose is any member of the Rosa genus of flowering plants.
  • Rose bushes do not apply damage when walked through, despite roses having thorns.

References

  1. MC-44467 — Overpopulated flowers near lake — resolved as "Fixed".
  2. MCPE-40646 — Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides — resolved as "Fixed".

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